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Recent Bishop Events

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
7 Oct 2004	75.4	Retired	Heinrich Fasching	Auxiliary Bishop of Sankt Pölten	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	68.3	Resigned	Kurt Krenn	Bishop of Sankt Pölten	Bishop Emeritus
	64.1	Appointed	Klaus Küng	Bishop of Sankt Pölten
23 Mar 2005	61.6	Resigned	Peter Stephan Zurbriggen	Apostolic Administrator of Estonia	Apostolic Nuncio to Austria
18 May 2005	72.4	Resigned	Maximilian Aichern, O.S.B.	Bishop of Linz	Bishop Emeritus
24 May 2005	68.6	Appointed	Elmar Fischer	Bishop of Feldkirch
3 Jul 2005	68.7	Ordained Bishop	Elmar Fischer	Bishop of Feldkirch
6 Jul 2005	65.1	Appointed	Ludwig Schwarz, S.D.B.	Bishop of Linz
26 Jul 2005	72.2	Appointed	Edmond Y. Farhat	Apostolic Nuncio to Austria	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
26 Jul 2005	75.4	Retired	Giorgio Zur	Apostolic Nuncio to Austria	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
18 Sep 2005	65.3	Installed	Ludwig Schwarz, S.D.B.	Bishop of Linz
23 Oct 2005	145.5	Canonized	St. Józef Bilczewski †	Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine
9 Feb 2006	47.9	Appointed	Franz Scharl	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}
9 Feb 2006	47.9	Appointed	Franz Scharl	Titular Bishop of Ierafi	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}
5 Mar 2006	78.9	Died	Donato Squicciarini †	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Austria
23 Apr 2006	48.1	Ordained Bishop	Franz Scharl	Titular Bishop of Ierafi	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}
21 Nov 2006	39.5	Appointed	Anton Leichtfried	Auxiliary Bishop of Sankt Pölten
21 Nov 2006	39.5	Appointed	Anton Leichtfried	Titular Bishop of Rufiniana	Auxiliary Bishop of Sankt Pölten
25 Feb 2007	39.7	Ordained Bishop	Anton Leichtfried	Titular Bishop of Rufiniana	Auxiliary Bishop of Sankt Pölten
28 Apr 2007	88.3	Died	Federico Bonifacio Madersbacher Gasteiger, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of San Ignacio de Velasco, Bolivia
31 May 2007	67.4	Appointed	Philipp Pöllitzer, O.M.I.	Bishop of Keetmanshoop, Namibia
14 Jul 2007	67.5	Ordained Bishop	Philipp Pöllitzer, O.M.I.	Bishop of Keetmanshoop, Namibia
28 Sep 2007	96.5	Died	Adam Kozłowiecki, S.J. †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Lusaka, Zambia
12 Dec 2007	97.3	Died	Alfons Maria Stickler, S.D.B. †	Cardinal, Archivist Emeritus of the Vatican Secret Archives
6 Mar 2008	76.4	Retired	Helmut Krätzl	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	43.7	Appointed	Stephan Turnovszky	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}
	43.7	Appointed	Stephan Turnovszky	Titular Bishop of Ancusa	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}
12 May 2008	43.9	Ordained Bishop	Stephan Turnovszky	Titular Bishop of Ancusa	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}
30 Jun 2008	74.2	Retired	Hermann Raich, S.V.D. †	Bishop of Wabag, Papua New Guinea	Bishop Emeritus
14 Jan 2009	75.7	Retired	Edmond Y. Farhat	Apostolic Nuncio to Austria	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
14 Jan 2009	65.4	Appointed	Peter Stephan Zurbriggen	Apostolic Nuncio to Austria
29 Jan 2009	75.0	Retired	Kassian (Otto) Lauterer, O. Cist.	Abbot of Wettingen-Mehrerau	Abbot Emeritus
31 Jan 2009	54.5	Appointed	Gerhard Maria Wagner	Auxiliary Bishop of Linz	Former Auxiliary Bishop-Elect
31 Jan 2009	54.5	Appointed	Gerhard Maria Wagner	Titular Bishop of Zuri	Former Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Linz
7 Feb 2009	77.1	Retired	Sixto José Parzinger Foidl, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Villarrica, Chile	Bishop Emeritus
18 Feb 2009	38.4	Confirmed	Anselm van der Linde, O. Cist.	Abbot of Wettingen-Mehrerau
2 Mar 2009	54.6	Resigned	Gerhard Maria Wagner	Auxiliary Bishop of Linz	Former Auxiliary Bishop-Elect
2 Mar 2009	54.6	Resigned	Gerhard Maria Wagner	Titular Bishop of Zuri	Former Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Linz
9 Oct 2009	75.4	Died	Hermann Raich, S.V.D. †	Bishop Emeritus of Wabag, Papua New Guinea

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